Dec 8, 2013 · Python 2.x There were two functions to get user input, called input and raw_input. The difference between them is, raw_input doesn't evaluate the data and returns as it is, in string form. …

Apr 25, 2014 · You can make the input statement a while True loop so it repeatedly asks for the users input and then break that loop if the user enters the response you would like.

How do I read from standard input (stdin)? There's a few ways to do it. sys.stdin is a file-like object on which you can call functions read or readlines if you want to read everything or you want to read …

In Python 2, raw_input() returns a string, and input() tries to run the input as a Python expression. Since getting a string was almost always what you wanted, Python 3 does that with input().

220 I am making a stopwatch type program in Python and I would like to know how to detect if a key is pressed (such as p for pause and s for stop), and I would not like it to be something like raw_input, …

Nov 11, 2016 · On Python 2, input() attempts to coerce the value to a natural Python value, so if the user inputs [1, 2], input() will return a Python list. This is a bad thing, as you will still need to validate and …

By default, the password input will be fully invisible. If you want to show asterisks in place of the user typed password, use the echo_char parameter added in Python 3.14.

What do you mean "not floats"? int() can only return an integer. Do you mean userInput could be a float? That's only true in Python 2, in which case don't use input() since it evaluates user input which is …

In Python 3, it's just input() - : there is an input method in 2.x too, but it eval ()s the input and is therefore . Any way to write a prompt that can work for both? @Agostino try: input = raw_input ; except …

Jun 5, 2009 · I'm learning python as well and found one difference between input() and raw_input(). a = input() will take the user input and put it in the correct type. Eg: if user types 5 then the value in a is …